Jeremiah 37:21

New International Version

King Zedekiah then gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread from the street of the bakers each day until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:3

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.

Job 5:20

In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

Psalm 37:19

In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.

Psalm 37:3

Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

Proverbs 16:7

When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way, he causes their enemies to make peace with them.

Proverbs 21:1

In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him.

Isaiah 33:16

they are the ones who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. Their bread will be supplied, and water will not fail them.

Jeremiah 20:2

he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin at the Lord’s temple.

Jeremiah 32:2

The army of the king of Babylon was then besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was confined in the courtyard of the guard in the royal palace of Judah.

Jeremiah 32:8

“Then, just as the Lord had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and said, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. Since it is your right to redeem it and possess it, buy it for yourself.’ “I knew that this was the word of the Lord;

Jeremiah 33:1

While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the Lord came to him a second time:

Jeremiah 38:13

and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

Jeremiah 38:28

And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured. This is how Jerusalem was taken:

Jeremiah 38:6

So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the cistern; it had no water in it, only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

Jeremiah 38:9

“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern, where he will starve to death when there is no longer any bread in the city.”

Jeremiah 52:6

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Acts 12:5

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.

Acts 24:27

When two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, but because Felix wanted to grant a favor to the Jews, he left Paul in prison.

Acts 28:16

When we got to Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.

Acts 28:30

For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him.

Ephesians 4:1

As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.

Ephesians 6:20

for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

2 Timothy 1:8

So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God.

2 Timothy 2:9

for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained.